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elder

adjective as in born earlier

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noun as in older person

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These older adult workers will want—and employers will want to provide—different benefits such as elder caregiving for spouses or parents, services focused on preventive health and workplace changes that are age-friendly.

Yavhusishyn received his promotion at a special ceremony in western Fukuoka, where he bowed to sumo elders in front of gold folding screens and celebratory flowers.

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The new project is clearly out to teach us things and does, specifically why the Hemsworths travel so far north to prompt the elder Hemsworth’s recollections.

The American caregiving system is failing because it was never designed for a society of aging singles, widowed elders, adult children living states away and a shrinking labor pool.

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“If the retirement system continues as it is, there will be increased elder poverty,” said Matt Bahl, vice president at the Financial Health Network.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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